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one. >> jim: let's not. let's let him respond to this specific on dodd frank and what the governor just said. >> i think this is a great example. the reason we have been in such an enormous economic crisis was prompted by reckless behavior across the board. now twasn't just on wall street. you had loan officers that were giving loans and mortgages that really shouldn't have been given bos because the folks didn't qualify. hupeople borrowing money to buy a house they couldn't afford. hucredit agencies stamping these as a-1 great investments when they weren't. but you also had banks making money hand over fist, churning out products that the bankers themselves didn't even understand, in order to make big profits, but knowing that it made the entire system vulnerable. so what did we do? we stepped in and had at this time toughest reforms on wall street since the 1930s. we said, banks, you have to raise your capital requirements. you can't engage in the rinky behavior that is putting main street at risk. we are
one. >> jim: let's not. let's let him respond to this specific on dodd frank and what the governor just said. >> i think this is a great example. the reason we have been in such an enormous economic crisis was prompted by reckless behavior across the board. now twasn't just on wall street. you had loan officers that were giving loans and mortgages that really shouldn't have been given bos because the folks didn't qualify. hupeople borrowing money to buy a house they couldn't afford....
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. >> we go to jim lehrer of pbs, moderating this debate. >> jim: i'm jim lehrer. i welcome you to the first of the 2012 presidential debates, between president barack obama, the democratic nominee, and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, the republican nominee. this debate and the next three, two presidential, one vice-presidential, are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues and will follow a format designed by the commission. there will be six roughly 15-minute segments, with two-minute answers for the first question. then open discussion for the remainder of each segment. thousands of people offered suggestions on segment subjects or questions via the internet and other means. but i made the final selections. and for the record, they were not submitted for approval to the commission or the candidates. the segments, as i announced in advance, will be three on the economy and one each on health care, the role of government and governing, with an emphasis throughout on differences, specifics a
. >> we go to jim lehrer of pbs, moderating this debate. >> jim: i'm jim lehrer. i welcome you to the first of the 2012 presidential debates, between president barack obama, the democratic nominee, and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, the republican nominee. this debate and the next three, two presidential, one vice-presidential, are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues and will follow a format designed by...
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thank you, jim. >> jim: thank you, governor. thank you, mr. president. the next debate will be the vice-presidential event on thursday, october 11 at center o'clock in danville, kentucky. for now, from the university of denver, i'm jim lehrer. thank you and gbts. ooh thank you and good night. [cheers and applause] did >> 90 minutes later. it was a robust debate, in the team jerseys, governor rom f >>> president obama in the blue. t romney landing a number of jabs on the president from everything from debt and jobs his green g economy toealt energy program and saying, americans republican and and democrat need leadership and he is prepared to provide it.ovid the president keeping his cool which was said by the punditsbe to be one of the challenges for him tonight and saying leadership requires more than just lofty goals, it requires specifics and he didn't see see them from the governor. mitt romney looking mostly oh he veronica moser at president at president obama when making his points and president obama be looking mostly at jim lehrer or looking down
thank you, jim. >> jim: thank you, governor. thank you, mr. president. the next debate will be the vice-presidential event on thursday, october 11 at center o'clock in danville, kentucky. for now, from the university of denver, i'm jim lehrer. thank you and gbts. ooh thank you and good night. [cheers and applause] did >> 90 minutes later. it was a robust debate, in the team jerseys, governor rom f >>> president obama in the blue. t romney landing a number of jabs on the...
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how so, jim? >> well, look, they're talking about tightening mortgage standards again because of the standards put forth by dodd-frank. lending standards are already too tight even though the housing market is improving, you talk to mortgage companies and title companies and tell you the same thing over and over again. these deals are very difficult to close right now. even though they're closing them. and this is the reason the housing market is not, has not moved a needle on the economy, like the statistics would suggest. keep in mind 31% of home owners out there are still underwater anyway so the housing market is held back anyway, if you tighten standards now, it's going to have a deleterious effect and not only that, but the federal reserve board is out there and 75% of all mortgages, the mortgage market is becoming the same monster it was under fannie and freddie mac. we don't need this, it needs to be settled by individual banks not by the federal government. >> brenda: okay. steve isn't th
how so, jim? >> well, look, they're talking about tightening mortgage standards again because of the standards put forth by dodd-frank. lending standards are already too tight even though the housing market is improving, you talk to mortgage companies and title companies and tell you the same thing over and over again. these deals are very difficult to close right now. even though they're closing them. and this is the reason the housing market is not, has not moved a needle on the...
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thank you, jim. >> jim: thank you, governor. thank you, mr. president. the next debate will be the vice-presidential event on thursday, october 11 at center o'clock in danville, kentucky. for now, from the university of denver, i'm jim lehrer. thank you and gbts. ooh thank you and good night. [cheers and applause] did >> 90 minutes later. it was a robust debate, in the team jerseys, governor rom flee in the reds tie, president obama in the blue. romney landing a number of job jabs on everything from debt and jobs and the economy to health care, to his green energy program, saying, americans, republican and democrat need leadership and he's prepared to provide it. the president, keeping his cool, said to be a challenge for him tonight, saying that leadership requires more than lofty goals trequires specifics and he didn't hear them from the governor. it was interesting to see mitt romney looking mostly over at president obama when he was making his point and president obama choosing to look at jim lehrer or looking down. what message do the viewers pick u
thank you, jim. >> jim: thank you, governor. thank you, mr. president. the next debate will be the vice-presidential event on thursday, october 11 at center o'clock in danville, kentucky. for now, from the university of denver, i'm jim lehrer. thank you and gbts. ooh thank you and good night. [cheers and applause] did >> 90 minutes later. it was a robust debate, in the team jerseys, governor rom flee in the reds tie, president obama in the blue. romney landing a number of job jabs...
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jim pinkerton and ellen ratner. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >>> governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan, he has one point plan. that plan to to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> we have a president talking about someone's plan in a way that completely foreign to what my real plan is. then we have his own record. we have four consecutive years where he said when he was running for office. he would cut the deficit in half. instead he has doubled it. >> jon: three weeks left. the two candidates faced off for a second time taking questions from supposedly undecided voters and taking a lot of shots at each other. one of big issues in this debate was the role of the moderator. what about the debate itself? tell us how the media handled the debate? >> i think the media were happy to see president obama woke up by his own admission and we're happy to say he won for the most part. however, as i wrote for a conservative magazine and somebody went through the 1980 reagan campaign.
jim pinkerton and ellen ratner. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >>> governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan, he has one point plan. that plan to to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> we have a president talking about someone's plan in a way that completely foreign to what my real plan is. then we have his own record. we have four consecutive years where he said when he was running for office. he would cut the deficit in...
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jim, why does this video reappear now and how does it pair some importance in this campaign? >> it would have been hundred times more impactful if it came out in 2007. when people could have played it out, that president george w. bush went to new orleans a few weeks after the hurricane and committed $125 billion to help new orleans, anybody that has been near new orleans knows an enormous amount of federal money which the president chose not to talk about. >> jon: didn't he in the same speech speaking glowing words about reverend wright? >> i think he was said unapologetically christian and black. but the president doesn't normally mention race when he gives a speech like that. that made it different but i don't think it makes it a scandal. it's the level of 47% statement which is what i think the republicans were trying to do by dragging out this on tape. it didn't work. i think it fell flat. >> i would agree with judy. remember that the president also said about new orleans and katrina that the administration was colorblind in terms of that, but what i have to say, they co
jim, why does this video reappear now and how does it pair some importance in this campaign? >> it would have been hundred times more impactful if it came out in 2007. when people could have played it out, that president george w. bush went to new orleans a few weeks after the hurricane and committed $125 billion to help new orleans, anybody that has been near new orleans knows an enormous amount of federal money which the president chose not to talk about. >> jon: didn't he in the...
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. >> we go to jim lehrer of pbs moderating this debate. >> i'm jim lehrer and welcome you to the first of the 2012l presidential debates between president barack obama the democratic nominee and former, massachusetts governor mitt romney the republican nominee. this debate and the next three, two presidential, one vice presidential, are sponsored byo the commission on presidential debates. tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues and will follow a format designed by the commission. there will be six roughly 15 minute segments with two minutt answers for are the first question and then open discussion for the remainder o. each segment. o thousands of people offered suggestions on segment subjects
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i think jim is on to something here. the way people grade debates has radically changed because of twitter and because of blogging. i don't think american media is not positioned well. they say john is wearing a purple it shirt. no, john is wearing a purple shirt. well, can't say that. i tell you what. it was kind of purple. i think they couldn't deal with the fact that romney wants to to lower tax rates on the rich. >> let's get back to the leher thing before you complement me on my shirt. for one politician to call another politician a liar. would it be like madonna considering the loss of virtue in america. nobody expects politicians to tell the truth. dan had a great column this, "l" word, one being liar, when you use that word you better have some substance behind it or it loses its power. i think it's lost it's power. >> "time magazine" comes out with a cover on facts. one side is telling a lie. another side might be telling a lie -- it wasn't that case at all. >> the opposition made sure the blogger people say no
i think jim is on to something here. the way people grade debates has radically changed because of twitter and because of blogging. i don't think american media is not positioned well. they say john is wearing a purple it shirt. no, john is wearing a purple shirt. well, can't say that. i tell you what. it was kind of purple. i think they couldn't deal with the fact that romney wants to to lower tax rates on the rich. >> let's get back to the leher thing before you complement me on my...
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>> i like jim brewer, but i liked dwoat boy. >> i liked jim brewer, but didn't like goat boy. i'm sorry. who is chris kataan? >> mr. peepers. >> are you talking about the monkey guy? >> the monkey guy, i didn't like him. >> i didn't like that either. >> i don't like little men that climb up into your arms. >> i am a big fan of goat boy, but with you on the monkey. >> will the gap widen after ryan clobbers biden. the new york times paper reports that the vp is hunkering down as thursday night's debate approaches. going through debate camp in a delaware hotel, they have them there. reading paul ryan's book. the obama camp knows it needs a strong perf from captain nerf and he expects biden to come at him like a cannonball. that's a round black thing. while the repubs are counting on the in depth knowledge of stats and ab exercises to come across as impressive, they are hopeful he will end up sounding like a due fuss. anyway, you know who else is under going rigorous training this week? >> there is a chris kristy joke there, but i am not going to make it it because i like mr. mr.
>> i like jim brewer, but i liked dwoat boy. >> i liked jim brewer, but didn't like goat boy. i'm sorry. who is chris kataan? >> mr. peepers. >> are you talking about the monkey guy? >> the monkey guy, i didn't like him. >> i didn't like that either. >> i don't like little men that climb up into your arms. >> i am a big fan of goat boy, but with you on the monkey. >> will the gap widen after ryan clobbers biden. the new york times paper...
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jim, were the debates worth it? >> i think they were. there is a lot of conventional wisdom buzz, debates don't matter. it's clear to me that october 3rd debate but the first one with romney and obama settle the template for the rest of the election. it reminds me of other debates, kennedy was good. 1976 and carter was good. 1980 with reagan. it would be up those with showing to meet the candidates, unfiltered. >> that is the question. did these debates do a better job than the media have done to give us a picture of these two candidates? >> i think they did because the two men got to interact and people got a chance to see how they reacted to each other. all of the popular cultural references aside, the malarkey and binders full of women, what is really going on is the american people are deciding who they think they want to vote for and what the character of that person is like. >> what about the moderators. >> i think we spend too much time on the moderators. what is this before each debate. part of it going after the media all the ti
jim, were the debates worth it? >> i think they were. there is a lot of conventional wisdom buzz, debates don't matter. it's clear to me that october 3rd debate but the first one with romney and obama settle the template for the rest of the election. it reminds me of other debates, kennedy was good. 1976 and carter was good. 1980 with reagan. it would be up those with showing to meet the candidates, unfiltered. >> that is the question. did these debates do a better job than the...
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president obama wilted whenever -- >> greta: but they plameed jim lehrer. >> jim lehrer did exactly what he said it was -- he wassing did to do. he is know a new person. we know how he moderates debates. the commission is made of republicans and democrats, they picked jim lehrer, he asked non-confrontational, non-gotcha questions. believe me, if the president had snappy responses and brought up bain capital and 47% and the things that made the democrats happy, they would not be complaining about jim lehrer today. >> they want to have a scapegoat. they want to blame something for president obama's debate performance. jim lehrer happens to be it. i think he did almost as good a job as i think one could do. the job of the moderator is to make sure that the candidates engage one another and engage with substance. when that's happening, you need to melt into the background -- i >> greta: stay invisible. >> that's exactly what he dirks as long as the issues are being discussed, you are invisible and you try to give equal time. president obama got 4 more minutes of talk time than governor romne
president obama wilted whenever -- >> greta: but they plameed jim lehrer. >> jim lehrer did exactly what he said it was -- he wassing did to do. he is know a new person. we know how he moderates debates. the commission is made of republicans and democrats, they picked jim lehrer, he asked non-confrontational, non-gotcha questions. believe me, if the president had snappy responses and brought up bain capital and 47% and the things that made the democrats happy, they would not be...
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meanwhile, al roker last night regarding jim lehrer, he tweeted this -- i hope jim lehrer gets the license plate of the truck that drove over him in this debate. i wonder if the truck was covered with hay. probably not. straight ahead, dr. larry sabato tweeted this last night: can't wait to hear the back story on how obama debate team so misjudged this faceoff. poor prep. dr. sabato here next. >> brian: comedian jeff donnel is here and he brought a few friends. i don't know who is better looking. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. >> steve: voters say they want details on how each president ideal candidate plans to change the economy. but did they get information over load last night? >> over the last 30 months, we've seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created.
meanwhile, al roker last night regarding jim lehrer, he tweeted this -- i hope jim lehrer gets the license plate of the truck that drove over him in this debate. i wonder if the truck was covered with hay. probably not. straight ahead, dr. larry sabato tweeted this last night: can't wait to hear the back story on how obama debate team so misjudged this faceoff. poor prep. dr. sabato here next. >> brian: comedian jeff donnel is here and he brought a few friends. i don't know who is better...
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thapgzth jim nor done -- that the jim norton i know. jedediah? new cumn? >> yes, on what mitt romney needs to do to win the first debate. and then fox ns busins to give how he d. >> i know i ask this time, are you on siriusxm radio? >> and it will be oreg's bus. that's on the book tour. he was listen t me. >> i think my bus will have a twitr account, gres bus. wouldn't that be great? >> lete give you a tip. dohat before the show as. if you wait there will be threer four after the show airs. >> i shouldn't h said it. how much time do we he? >> 10. >> >> yes >> 20. >> i don't know.
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romney says big bird's got to go along with jim lehrer. >> does anyone think it's strange that juan is defending pbs? >> i'm not saying. >> that's it for us, thanks for watching, have a great weekend, bye. >> did mitt romney's post debate victory hit a speed bump with the unemployment rate? we'll break down what the numbers mean. this is special report. good evening, i'm bret baier. president obama is hailing the jobs report, showing a drop from 8.1% to 7.8, as a sign the country has come too far to turn back now. his republican challenger says the new numbers are not the sign of a true recovery, in fact, he says they're telling a far different story. the government's household survey says that 873,000 people entered the work force. but the employer survey found 114,000 new jobs created, 10,000 of those in government. so, the difference, about 760,000 are apparently not full-time stable jobs, what's known as the real unemployment mark, the unemployed and those too discouraged to look for work remains unchanged at 14.7%. white house correspondent wendell goler begins our coverage of the
romney says big bird's got to go along with jim lehrer. >> does anyone think it's strange that juan is defending pbs? >> i'm not saying. >> that's it for us, thanks for watching, have a great weekend, bye. >> did mitt romney's post debate victory hit a speed bump with the unemployment rate? we'll break down what the numbers mean. this is special report. good evening, i'm bret baier. president obama is hailing the jobs report, showing a drop from 8.1% to 7.8, as a sign...
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here is former pbs news anchor jim lehrer. nice to see you. >> good to see you, sean. >> "good evening, this is "the newshour"." >> you did that really well. >> sean: how are you doing? >> "the newshour" is doing great. the team took time to get it in place. i transitioned out and i'm very happy about the pbs news, how it's functioning. >> i felt bad for you after the debate. a lot of criticism heaped on you. >> yeah. >> sean: how did you feel about that? >> i'm not keen on criticism just as a general thing, but that was right at the beginning. the criticism is pretty much gone away now because people realize that spin doesn't work if everybody's seen the event. 67 million people watched it. 67 million other people reacted ll of that. leverybody's prettypo wel this. nobody's blaming me for it, blaming me for anything. so it didn't wo6 i made a fool of myself trying to get mccain, you know, to talk to obama in front of everybody. then the6lú$]@]ok commission cav ]xoq >> sean: i thought it was greatq other. redefines what moder
here is former pbs news anchor jim lehrer. nice to see you. >> good to see you, sean. >> "good evening, this is "the newshour"." >> you did that really well. >> sean: how are you doing? >> "the newshour" is doing great. the team took time to get it in place. i transitioned out and i'm very happy about the pbs news, how it's functioning. >> i felt bad for you after the debate. a lot of criticism heaped on you. >> yeah....
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vacated jim webb democrat seat. last one, missouri, todd akman from missouri. 43% against claire mccaskil mccaskill. this is why it matters. currently, dems hold 53 seats and republicans 47. if you flip four of them, four flips look what you end up with. 51-49 majority in the senate. the senate is in play. >> bob: north dakota seat is going to republicans right now. we know that for sure. in connecticut, obama will live connecticut by a large margin. mcmahon doesn't have a chance to win the seat. acheman, who you said get out of race is within striking distance of winning that. that says a lot about republicans of missouri. i just don't understand that. the other race -- >> eric: george allen and kaine. >> bob: that is as close as
vacated jim webb democrat seat. last one, missouri, todd akman from missouri. 43% against claire mccaskil mccaskill. this is why it matters. currently, dems hold 53 seats and republicans 47. if you flip four of them, four flips look what you end up with. 51-49 majority in the senate. the senate is in play. >> bob: north dakota seat is going to republicans right now. we know that for sure. in connecticut, obama will live connecticut by a large margin. mcmahon doesn't have a chance to win...
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jim range the separates fact from fiction. we have new information about the internal obama administration debate about what to call the deadly attack on the u.s. mission in libya. this comes as we hear an f.b.i. team has come and gone from benghazi. world leader turns 60 in style. "special report" from washington starts at 6 eastern. now we'll send it back to new york with my colleagues with "the five". >> last night it was tk obama at the first debate in denver. how did he react today? >> so you see the man on stage last night, he does not want to be held accountable for the real mitt romney's decisions and what he's been saying for the last year. that's because he knows full well that we don't want what he's been selling for the last year. governor romney may dance around his positions, but if you want to be president, you owe the american people the truth. >> so kimberly, a little different today than last night, huh? >> well, let me tell you, maybe he did some pushups or something because he seemed more fired up. but also
jim range the separates fact from fiction. we have new information about the internal obama administration debate about what to call the deadly attack on the u.s. mission in libya. this comes as we hear an f.b.i. team has come and gone from benghazi. world leader turns 60 in style. "special report" from washington starts at 6 eastern. now we'll send it back to new york with my colleagues with "the five". >> last night it was tk obama at the first debate in denver. how...
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you mentioned jim henson. i think it is more like george storos. >> i don't know why. >> that's the one pulling the strings of these muppets. >> the muppet #r*z fisted. they are not marionettes. >> that's why bill technically is a muppet. >> i am going dressed as one. joy the big story here as we all noticed is the creation of a 46-year-old college student. >> doesn't that make sense? >> i want to know the crossover between this and the membership. >> how dare you, sir? how dare you? >> i think on a larger political point, it is a small part of the budget, $500 million, but if we can't agree on cutting the funding to pbs in order to trim the budget, what can we agree on? >> people don't get it. if the government cuts funding that means pbs will stop working. they will get picked up by private networks and we won't have to pay for them. >> have you been to sesame place? >> yes. >> pretty impressive. >> and also let's remember that the north american muppet big bird love association. >> i do not want to smear th
you mentioned jim henson. i think it is more like george storos. >> i don't know why. >> that's the one pulling the strings of these muppets. >> the muppet #r*z fisted. they are not marionettes. >> that's why bill technically is a muppet. >> i am going dressed as one. joy the big story here as we all noticed is the creation of a 46-year-old college student. >> doesn't that make sense? >> i want to know the crossover between this and the membership....
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will jim lerher prevent the empty walk-about? mitt needs to hit hard. benghazi, bam. high unemployment, you kill a pipeline, bam. greece crumbles under entitlement, and you bloat government more? bam. all you need is facts. after that, obama probably shake his head. think of clooney. clooney will think of him. eva will want to cradle him. matt damon will sleek naked at the moon. yes, obama seeks sympathy. along with a hand sheikh. box for his things. maybe two. there is the nobel peace prize. we have andrea in denver, colorado, which is a state, i believe. there you are. >> andrea: the 57t 57th. >> greg: it is. in my mind, the focus has to be on libya, but this is all about domestic issues. are they going to change the format so we address the most important topic of the week or month or year? >> andrea: greg, unfortunately, i don't think so. if you look at the format now, it's all on the economy. if i were jim lerher i'd have more flexibility. it's dominating the headlines finally. if i'm romney, i'd bring it up in an answer. why? the economic security is tied to the
will jim lerher prevent the empty walk-about? mitt needs to hit hard. benghazi, bam. high unemployment, you kill a pipeline, bam. greece crumbles under entitlement, and you bloat government more? bam. all you need is facts. after that, obama probably shake his head. think of clooney. clooney will think of him. eva will want to cradle him. matt damon will sleek naked at the moon. yes, obama seeks sympathy. along with a hand sheikh. box for his things. maybe two. there is the nobel peace prize....
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jim was right in the middle of an important point. we'll get back to jim in a second. kt, you can go ahead and respond to some of the things jim was mentioning. what do the last few weeks as well tell us about our national security, about how safe we all are? >> here is the problem. for the last month we've seen, you know, a fairy tale being created about what the situation is. secretary clinton says i take responsibility, that is all well and good, but there is a bigger question, why? why did our intelligence fail? why didn't we see this coming? why didn't we provide the security? why did president obama just five days before that attack say al-qaida is on the ropes, they are back on their heels. it's pretty clear al-qaida is back in the other directs, tha direction, they are growing in that part of the world. why make up a fairy tale? it wasn't a demonstration. jenna: as you've worked from the defense department and otherwise, what do you make of the difference of messaging from the different departments at this point in the messaging not only to our enemies but also
jim was right in the middle of an important point. we'll get back to jim in a second. kt, you can go ahead and respond to some of the things jim was mentioning. what do the last few weeks as well tell us about our national security, about how safe we all are? >> here is the problem. for the last month we've seen, you know, a fairy tale being created about what the situation is. secretary clinton says i take responsibility, that is all well and good, but there is a bigger question, why?...
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david axelrod blamed jim lehrer. al gore blamed the altitude. but nobody -- nobody blamed the president for being unprepared and outclassed by mitt romney last night. >> dana, take us deep into the psychology. what was going on? he looked like a man defeated. >> he sort of faded into the background initially. then i thought maybe it will get better. at the one hour mark, i thought wow, this is over. i thought romney was very bold. but he was also something different that he was fresh. and there is a huge gulf between the man that had been painted in the media and by the obama campaign for the last seven or eight months. and then the person they saw last night. that's why i think it was so effective for mitt romney because people were so surprised. wait, like who is this guy? this is not the guy we thought he was. and so he had a great debate. incumbents presidents usually don't do well on the first debate in their election year. so obama will have a couple more chances. no doubt, there is only one person in america who thinks he won the debate.
david axelrod blamed jim lehrer. al gore blamed the altitude. but nobody -- nobody blamed the president for being unprepared and outclassed by mitt romney last night. >> dana, take us deep into the psychology. what was going on? he looked like a man defeated. >> he sort of faded into the background initially. then i thought maybe it will get better. at the one hour mark, i thought wow, this is over. i thought romney was very bold. but he was also something different that he was...
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saying that general jim clapper is to blame for talking points originally. the president went out today and gave an interview to the daily show. jon stewart's show. it airs tonight. we can give you a piece of this, part of this. at one part p he is asked about benghazi and he says every piece of information we got, as we got it, we laid it out for american people. the picture is filled in. we know how to fulfill it in the future >>> asked by stewart, you say it wasn't optimal the way it unfolded with susan rice and readinreading from the different script and said. he says if four americans get killed it's not optimal. we are going to fix it. all of it. what happens in course of the presidency is the government is a big operation. any given time, something screws up. you make sure that you find out what is broken. bring in panel on this. fred barnes from stand. mara liasson, national public radio. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, every piece of information we got as we got it, we laid it out for the american people. >> another whopper. susan
saying that general jim clapper is to blame for talking points originally. the president went out today and gave an interview to the daily show. jon stewart's show. it airs tonight. we can give you a piece of this, part of this. at one part p he is asked about benghazi and he says every piece of information we got, as we got it, we laid it out for american people. the picture is filled in. we know how to fulfill it in the future >>> asked by stewart, you say it wasn't optimal the way...
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jon: jim pinkerton and alan colmes. jenna: you were kind of like jim lehrer. jon: i wind them up and let them go. jenna: sometimes you get the best results. jon: we'll have our viewers submit questions in advance. jenna: it seems all the focus is on the big battleground states like florida and ohio. both campaigns are pushing hard to win smaller swing states that together can really pack a big punch. a look inside that strategy just ahead. the kapt be tin of a doomed italian cruise ship back inside a program today. we'll tell you why. whether the captain will be convicted of manslaughter in the tragedy that killed 32 people. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. captain of the shipped wrecked costa condoria
jon: jim pinkerton and alan colmes. jenna: you were kind of like jim lehrer. jon: i wind them up and let them go. jenna: sometimes you get the best results. jon: we'll have our viewers submit questions in advance. jenna: it seems all the focus is on the big battleground states like florida and ohio. both campaigns are pushing hard to win smaller swing states that together can really pack a big punch. a look inside that strategy just ahead. the kapt be tin of a doomed italian cruise ship back...
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jim angle has a fact check on last night's most heated issue, tax policy. ed henry has the obama campaign reaction. and we begin with carl cameron on the first debate. good evening, carl. >> hi, brett. the romney campaign could hardly be more excited about what happened last night. in fact, since the debate ended, they say they've been getting two donations per second as a measure of mitt romney's success the morning after is general election debate debut against the president, mitt romney made a surprise appearance to a thrilled and leaved audience of conservatives. >> last night i thought was a great opportunity for the american people to see two very different visions for the country. >> he reiterated a new attack. >> trickle down government that the president proposes is one where he will raise taxes on small business, which will kill jobs. i instead want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs. >> romney awoke to rave reviews across the country and democrats admit he delivered. >> virtually everything you said about my tax plan is in
jim angle has a fact check on last night's most heated issue, tax policy. ed henry has the obama campaign reaction. and we begin with carl cameron on the first debate. good evening, carl. >> hi, brett. the romney campaign could hardly be more excited about what happened last night. in fact, since the debate ended, they say they've been getting two donations per second as a measure of mitt romney's success the morning after is general election debate debut against the president, mitt...
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tonight's moderator is jim leher, he will be running the show for the 12th time. what's it like trying to keep presidents and candidates in line. we'll hear from somebody who has done the job as we countdown to the first presidential tee bait of 2012 on this special edition of "the fox report" live tonight from denver. issan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ has become boring and tasteless... only one man can save the day. ♪ ♪ he's nutty! ♪ he's crunchy! [ male announcer ] it's crunchy nut! honey sweet flakes with nuts in every bite! ♪ he saves the day! ♪ in his tasty way! ♪ ♪ he is the crunchy nut! [ male announcer ] kellogg's crunchy nu it's super delicious! >> shepard: i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. li
tonight's moderator is jim leher, he will be running the show for the 12th time. what's it like trying to keep presidents and candidates in line. we'll hear from somebody who has done the job as we countdown to the first presidential tee bait of 2012 on this special edition of "the fox report" live tonight from denver. issan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah,...
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jim lehrer was great. let it go. people complained because he -- he didn't interrupt and you could actually get a flow of a conversation. -- >> it's a blame game-- >>> go ahead. >> i am saying, it's going to say, it's the blame game of the administration. they are always blaming someone. they blamed jim lehrer for it, like al gore blamed -- that's true. she was awful. it was what it was. it had no impact in terms of how i perceived the debate. abc and cbs polls now. we are going to go over them. big jump, 4 out of 5 polls, mitt romney and paul ryan lead. have you big poll numbers in florida and virginia, showing people in just a second. abc and cbs admits the ticket is gaining ground, post debate. nbc, no, not much of an impact at ms-nbc. >> florida, ohio and virginia, battleground states. what we see on the screen, a tight, tight, dead heat in florida and in virginia. in ohio, you still see the president hanging on to a lead. i guess you could say that romney has the trend line, but ohio is still a problem. >> anoth
jim lehrer was great. let it go. people complained because he -- he didn't interrupt and you could actually get a flow of a conversation. -- >> it's a blame game-- >>> go ahead. >> i am saying, it's going to say, it's the blame game of the administration. they are always blaming someone. they blamed jim lehrer for it, like al gore blamed -- that's true. she was awful. it was what it was. it had no impact in terms of how i perceived the debate. abc and cbs polls now. we are...
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and my response to him, his name is jim. i said jim you know what makes it most frustrating about this assignment. it is not the hardships, not the gun fire, not the threats, it is dealing and fighting against the people, programs, and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me. and i added it by saying for me the taliban is on the inside of of the building. >> amazing words. pennsylvania congressman and former federal prosecutor patrick eman i meehan is on the oversight committee and was asking questions at the hearing and joins us now. congressman, thanks for being with us today. >> nice to be with you, governor. >> mike: when you were in the hearings i know you there were as a congressman but you had years of distinguished service record as a federal prosecutor. you are used to interrogating people. what is your assessment of how high up this whole information chain goes? >> well, it goes very high. to the highest levels of the state department. what you you have a the unusual circumstance in which you have a strong m
and my response to him, his name is jim. i said jim you know what makes it most frustrating about this assignment. it is not the hardships, not the gun fire, not the threats, it is dealing and fighting against the people, programs, and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me. and i added it by saying for me the taliban is on the inside of of the building. >> amazing words. pennsylvania congressman and former federal prosecutor patrick eman i meehan is on the oversight committee and...
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ellen ratner, and jim pinkerton, thank you. jenna: we have candidates scoring points and giving zingers, but are we getting the big picture how the presidency of either man would look like? what our country would look like over the next four years. we're going to ask that big question just ahead. >>> what's next as well for lance armstrong as he steps down as chairman of his canner charity and a big, big name in sports cuts him loose? ring is on the story next jenna: both candidates last night hoping to win voters in a debate filled with a lot of heated exchanges but are we, the voters, winning? are we really learning enough from either man? a question raised by the editorial boards of two major newspapers in our country today, "the new york times" had this to say about the president. quote, what he did not do was describe how a second term would be more successful than his first has been and in particular show how he would cut through the thicket of republican opposition if reelected. "the wall street journal" with this on gov
ellen ratner, and jim pinkerton, thank you. jenna: we have candidates scoring points and giving zingers, but are we getting the big picture how the presidency of either man would look like? what our country would look like over the next four years. we're going to ask that big question just ahead. >>> what's next as well for lance armstrong as he steps down as chairman of his canner charity and a big, big name in sports cuts him loose? ring is on the story next jenna: both candidates...
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and my response to him, his name is jim. i said jim you know what makes it most frustrating about this assignment. it is not the hardships, not the gun fire, not the threats, it is dealing and fighting against the people, programs, and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me. and i added it by saying for me the taliban is on the inside of of the building. >> amazing words. pennsylvania congressman and former federal prosecutor patrick eman i meehan is on the oversight committee and was asking questions at the hearing and joins us now. congressman, thanks for being with us today. >> nice to be with you, governor. >> mike: when you were in the hearings i know you there were as a congressman but you had years of distinguished service record as a federal prosecutor. you are used to interrogating people. what is your assessment of how high up this whole information chain goes? >> well, it goes very high. to the highest levels of the state department. what you you have a the unusual circumstance in which you have a strong m
and my response to him, his name is jim. i said jim you know what makes it most frustrating about this assignment. it is not the hardships, not the gun fire, not the threats, it is dealing and fighting against the people, programs, and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me. and i added it by saying for me the taliban is on the inside of of the building. >> amazing words. pennsylvania congressman and former federal prosecutor patrick eman i meehan is on the oversight committee and...
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whatever james -- jim lehrer does tonight he will be criticized. remember, the candidates in the republican primaries, we ask them attacking the moderators from the state. gingrich did it with wrong king of cnn and our own juan williams during the republican primaries. our senior political analyst brit hume has been in this position. here is his take on the job difficulties. >> you are at the center of attention but you don't want to be. you want the candidate to be the story, you want to facilitate that. you have to be firm enough and sharpen your questioning enough so it makes for an interesting debate and be careful not to cross the line to where it looks like you are favoring one candidate over another. >>jonathan: he says he things it is unlikely the candidates themselves will attack the moderator tonight because he says while that may happen in a primary contest it is far less likely to happen with these candidates trying to look presidential tonight. >>shepard: there is criticism over a lack of racial diversity. >>jonathan: just divertity in
whatever james -- jim lehrer does tonight he will be criticized. remember, the candidates in the republican primaries, we ask them attacking the moderators from the state. gingrich did it with wrong king of cnn and our own juan williams during the republican primaries. our senior political analyst brit hume has been in this position. here is his take on the job difficulties. >> you are at the center of attention but you don't want to be. you want the candidate to be the story, you want to...
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megyn jim mussina is saying, asked about joe biden's smiling and laughing, he is a happy, warrior for the middle class. and asked if that's appropriate, he said, he's a happy warrior. repeated a couple of times. >> the spinners are here in full force behind me. they are spinning here, more than a whirlpool store. i'll leave it to greg gutfeld. >> that was a good effort. >> coming up, a man who requires no imitation, charles krauthammer. he will be here live with his take on the evening, right after this break, don't go away. everyone has goals. take the steps to reach yours, with us with real advice, for real goals. the us bank wealth management advisor can help you. every step of the way. from big steps, to little steps. since 1863 we've helped guide our clients, so they can take the steps to help grow, preserve, and pass along their wealth. so their footsteps can help the next generation find their own path. all of us serving you. us bank >> welcome back to center college in danville, kentucky let's go to charles krauthammer in washington. charles? your thoughts. >> i think the deba
megyn jim mussina is saying, asked about joe biden's smiling and laughing, he is a happy, warrior for the middle class. and asked if that's appropriate, he said, he's a happy warrior. repeated a couple of times. >> the spinners are here in full force behind me. they are spinning here, more than a whirlpool store. i'll leave it to greg gutfeld. >> that was a good effort. >> coming up, a man who requires no imitation, charles krauthammer. he will be here live with his take on...
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ticket. >> i think jim lehrer got run over. in the vice presidential debate there was a more active role played about it moderator. here candy crowley saw a more direct role by herself and i think that caused concern on both part of the romney and obama camp. what tucker is talking about would be an ideal. i would go back to the days when you had the leaving women voters running this thing and you didn't have the campaigns in such control. the candidates worry about slipups and gaffes. these formats are designed to protect them. the town hall. the idea is to have crowley as a secondary figure. the primary questions are suppose to be the people gathered by gallup asking questions. megyn: that's still the case. so she has that power. she doesn't come up with the questions but she gets to decide those questions. she'll be taking a more active role about whether she is the right person for the job. when the campaigns approved her they believed she wasn't going to be doing that. some on the right acued her of bias because she said s
ticket. >> i think jim lehrer got run over. in the vice presidential debate there was a more active role played about it moderator. here candy crowley saw a more direct role by herself and i think that caused concern on both part of the romney and obama camp. what tucker is talking about would be an ideal. i would go back to the days when you had the leaving women voters running this thing and you didn't have the campaigns in such control. the candidates worry about slipups and gaffes....
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and my response toham is jim, i said, jim, you know what makes it most frustrating about this assignment, not the hardships, not the gunfire, not the athletes, it's dealing and fighting against the people, programs, and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me and i added it by saying for me the taliban is on the inside of the building. >> mike: amazing words. well, pennsylvania congressman and former federal prosecutor patrick meehan is on the oversight committee and one who was asking questions at that hearing. congressman, thanks for being with us today. >> thank you, governor. >> mike: when you were in those hearings, i know you were there as a congressman, but you've had years of distinguished service record as a federal prosecutor. you're used to interrogating people. what is your sense how high up this information chain goes. >> it goes very high, to the highest levels of the state department. what you have is an unusual circumstance where you have strong misrepresentations on both sides of an incident. on the front end, whether or not they were aware, it made justice about
and my response toham is jim, i said, jim, you know what makes it most frustrating about this assignment, not the hardships, not the gunfire, not the athletes, it's dealing and fighting against the people, programs, and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me and i added it by saying for me the taliban is on the inside of the building. >> mike: amazing words. well, pennsylvania congressman and former federal prosecutor patrick meehan is on the oversight committee and one who was...
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megyn jim mussina is saying, asked about joe biden's smiling and laughing, he is a happy, warrior for the middle class. and asked if that's appropriate, he said, he's a happy warrior. repeated a couple of times. >> the spinners are here in full force behind me. they are spinning here, more than a whirlpool store. i'll leave it to greg gutfeld. >> that was a good effort. >> coming up, a man who requires no imitation, charles krauthammer. he will be here live with his take on the evening, right after this break, don't go away. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank. at the guaranteed's lowest price.attresses plus, pay no interest for 3 years on the best brand-name mattress sets. get your best rest ever from sleep train. ♪ yo
megyn jim mussina is saying, asked about joe biden's smiling and laughing, he is a happy, warrior for the middle class. and asked if that's appropriate, he said, he's a happy warrior. repeated a couple of times. >> the spinners are here in full force behind me. they are spinning here, more than a whirlpool store. i'll leave it to greg gutfeld. >> that was a good effort. >> coming up, a man who requires no imitation, charles krauthammer. he will be here live with his take on...
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>> bret: jim, thanks. not a bad day on wall street. the dow gained 26. both the s&p 500 and the nasdaq were up four and change. broadcast networks are covering instead of the libya scandal is later in the grapevine. next, what did the obama administration do an what it didn't do to try to save the americans killed in benghazi. [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >> bret: at apparent insider attack in afghanistan tops world headlines. the u.s. military says two americans were killed when a man in afghan police uniform opened fire today. nato says before today's assault 53 troops were killed in insider attacks this year. syrian army is promising to observe a four-day cease-fire for major muslim holiday starting friday. rebel reaction ranges from scent schism to outright refusal. the opposition forces released the video of anti-regime forc
>> bret: jim, thanks. not a bad day on wall street. the dow gained 26. both the s&p 500 and the nasdaq were up four and change. broadcast networks are covering instead of the libya scandal is later in the grapevine. next, what did the obama administration do an what it didn't do to try to save the americans killed in benghazi. [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome....
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a special thanks also to karen and jim. jim who got this going, thank you, jim for your great work. stand up so people know who you are. thank you. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] i am hardly an expert on compressors, but for those who don't know what djembe, he designed -- he designed the technology and made it work that creates the world standard that is being used today. in fact, jim, you and your family and these people were sitting around us, you did build it. this is not built by government. thank you, jim. [cheers] [applause] now, karen is around here somewhere. there she is, in the center. she is running the operation now. she is running this business massively well. congratulations, i appreciate your comments and your words. chris christie, stealing your line like that, that's simply not fair. i'm glad he blurted it out, that is very helpful. let me also tell you how appreciative i am of something that we share. my wife and karen about breast cancer survivors. [cheers] [applause] champions. thank you. [cheers] [applause] karen was kind to remind me that this is brea
a special thanks also to karen and jim. jim who got this going, thank you, jim for your great work. stand up so people know who you are. thank you. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] i am hardly an expert on compressors, but for those who don't know what djembe, he designed -- he designed the technology and made it work that creates the world standard that is being used today. in fact, jim, you and your family and these people were sitting around us, you did build it. this is not built by...
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thank you so much, jim. jim angle. bill: a little bit of context now in medicare in 2011 it covered $70.2 million. in 2013 more expected to depend on the program rising to 52 million in this country. martha: governor romney slamming the president's foreign policy saying the country has suffered in this is opinion from a lack of leadership. while charles krauthammer showed the president, quote is uncomfortable with american pre immanence. we'll talk about that with john bolton coming up. bill: developments in the murder of an american jet skier on the border of mexico. do we now know how he died? >> i want to know, what does he have to do with david's murder? [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? c
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jim angle his life and times from washington tonight. jim? >> hello, shep. well arlen specter spent 30 years in the senate but his loyalties straddled both political parties. >> arlen specter would say he had at times a unique ability to upset a whole bunch of folks on either side of the aisle. >> he was i guess they would say a maverick's maverick. he definitely was an individual in and of himself. he never backed down at the fight. >> he was at the center of political developments 50 years warren commission investigating the assassination of president kennedy. though he he was a democrat until 1965, he was elected to the senate as a republic in 1980 where he served on the judiciary committee, irritating both republicans and democrats. >> it was his questioning and his tenacious shutness that, you -- tenaciousness that saw the deteeth of robert bork it was his penetrating questioning of anita hill that saw the confirmation of clarence thomas. >> later as chairman of the judiciary he helped shepard john roberts and leith to confirmation. stimulus plan that b
jim angle his life and times from washington tonight. jim? >> hello, shep. well arlen specter spent 30 years in the senate but his loyalties straddled both political parties. >> arlen specter would say he had at times a unique ability to upset a whole bunch of folks on either side of the aisle. >> he was i guess they would say a maverick's maverick. he definitely was an individual in and of himself. he never backed down at the fight. >> he was at the center of political...
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the fact is, jim lehrer is part of the cultural left. so romneyville to communicate pastlerrer and past obama to reach the american people. if he does that, i think he could have a very good night. i think you could see a very different races by thursday morning. >> greta: why do you think jim lehrer will be unfair? he has the spotlight on him. i mean, you know, he -- i assume he will try his best to be fair? >> he will try his best to be fair. i am not saying he is partisan. i am saying he comes out of a news media culture, the whole network of where he lives and operates, what he does, which has the assumptions of the left and which asks questions on the framework of the left. they are very often ntheir mind being totally neutral, when they ask request questions that clearly reflect the biases of the left. that's a key part of this. >> greta: do you think that in general, moderates try to pit one candidate against another, to generate a spark in order to generate news? >> i think all too often, moderators try to play gotcha and be clev
the fact is, jim lehrer is part of the cultural left. so romneyville to communicate pastlerrer and past obama to reach the american people. if he does that, i think he could have a very good night. i think you could see a very different races by thursday morning. >> greta: why do you think jim lehrer will be unfair? he has the spotlight on him. i mean, you know, he -- i assume he will try his best to be fair? >> he will try his best to be fair. i am not saying he is partisan. i am...
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chief washington correspondent jim angle joins me with more? jim? >> reporter: hello, megyn. arlen specter, a man whose loyalties straddled did both political parties. he was longist serving senator in pennsylvania history. >> senator specter had at times unique ability to upset folks on either side of the aisle. >> i guess you would say a maverick's maverick. he was definitely a individual in and of himself. he never backed down from a fight. >> reporter: he was also at the center of major political developments for 50 years, starting with the warren commission, which was investigating the kennedy assassination of course. now, previously a democrat he was elected to the senate in 1980 as a republican where he served on the judiciary committee irritating both republicans and democrats. >> it was his questioning and his tenaciousness, saw the defeat of robert bork. and on the other side, a little while later, it was his penetrating questioning of anita hill that saw the confirmmation of clarence thomas, much to the anger of many women, many moderates, many democrats. >> report
chief washington correspondent jim angle joins me with more? jim? >> reporter: hello, megyn. arlen specter, a man whose loyalties straddled did both political parties. he was longist serving senator in pennsylvania history. >> senator specter had at times unique ability to upset folks on either side of the aisle. >> i guess you would say a maverick's maverick. he was definitely a individual in and of himself. he never backed down from a fight. >> reporter: he was also at...
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i have to bring jim into this conversation as well because one of the things we're also get, jim, taking a look at all the economic data, we have to remind everybody this number does look backwards on september. we're already in october. it is reflecting the past a little bit. we saw the gdp number that showed we're growing barely over 1% as far as the entire economy. is 7.8% like a great number? i mean in quote, unquote, normal times would we look 7.8% and say, hey, that is a pretty good number or in comparison looking a lot better than the last several years? >> well, it's looking a lot better than the last several years. 7.8 is a great number if you're coming down. and not a great number if you're going up in the wrong direction. jenna: great point. >> obviously, we want the economy to do better but i do think this is a broadly positive report and one of the numbers i think is very underreported is the increase in the hourly work week. it is now up to 34.5 hours per week. that is at the number it was at prerecession. that is the peak that it ever gets. when you get higher than that nu
i have to bring jim into this conversation as well because one of the things we're also get, jim, taking a look at all the economic data, we have to remind everybody this number does look backwards on september. we're already in october. it is reflecting the past a little bit. we saw the gdp number that showed we're growing barely over 1% as far as the entire economy. is 7.8% like a great number? i mean in quote, unquote, normal times would we look 7.8% and say, hey, that is a pretty good...